Monday, 17 July 2017

The Times today reports that DfT are considering creating an arms-length agency for managing rail franchises.

Those with long memories will remember OPRAF who did that very role in the late 90’s,

OPRAF’s ethical code for staff was based on a principle of ‘We Value Difference’.

In today’s angry social media age, that is something that we could do with resurrecting…UPDATE: This from the former head of the British Rail Acronym Section...Given the likely budget available, might I suggest that the new body is called the Strategic Franchising Authority...